As you load up on turkey and beer,
And you kid yourself this is a mere,
Bullshit family day,
Let’s have fun and just play,
I love writing these, see you next year.
John Moynes
“It was Christmas eve in the drunk tank” – & now ours is full. Sending the new arrests to Dudley cells, make your own way home tomorrow.
— Solihull Police (@SolihullPolice) December 25, 2012
The O’Mahony children of Monatrea, Waterford, Ireland, on Christmas morning,1968
Via Waterford Museum
Good tidings to all men?
Kinda.
In his Christmas message, the Catholic Archbishop of Armagh and Primate of All Ireland said there is no more important value than upholding the right to life in all circumstances.
“I hope that everyone who believes that the right to life is fundamental will make their voice heard in a reasonable, but forthright, way to their representatives,” Cardinal Sean Brady said in his Christmas message.
“No government has the right to remove that right from an innocent person.”
The cardinal criticised the failure to prioritise the elimination of child poverty in the reform of the tax and welfare system, remarking that in any jurisdiction a failure on such a fundamental rights issue is unworthy of a society which claims to have a paramount concern for children.
Cardinal Seán Brady Reiterates Catholic Church’s Anti-abortion Stance (irish Times)
(James Horan/Photocall Ireland)
No Trimmings
at
Apart from the little ribbon.
Eamon De Valera’s bleakly puritan Christmas card, 1945.
Good times.
Sandycove, Co Dublin, minutes ago.
There’s a queue.
Thanks Stephen Devine
Cyriak sez:
A heartwarming tale of seasonal goodwill. Probably not safe for small children…
He’s not kidding.
If the Christmas day movie on TV doesn’t catch your fancy, why not try this Zombie film made by PhD students in the basements of the Large Hadron Collider in Cern?
Alternatively, if you’re looking for a more traditional post-Christmas dinner film, you could watch the mash up of the 22 Bond films we featured back in November.
Or will be, by the end of today.